REAPER

REAPER

Developer(s)	Cockos
Stable release	5.29 / November 26, 2016
Written in	C, C++, Assembly language
Operating system	Windows XP+ Mac OS X 10.5+ Linux (Wine)
Type	Digital audio workstation
License	Proprietary
Website	www.reaper.fm

REAPER (an initialism for rapid environment for audio production, engineering, and recording) is a digital audio workstation created by Cockos. It is distributed with an uncrippled evaluation license with a nag screen explaining the license cost. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista/7/8/10) and Mac OS X (10.5-10.10). Linux is not supported directly, but the program can be successfully run using Wine/Wine64.^[1]

Licensing

REAPER is distributed under two licenses as well as a 60-day evaluation trial option. Users can choose between a license targeted to private individuals or one targeted to organizations. A nag screen is disabled through licensing the product, and there is no copy protection.

Control surface support

REAPER has built-in support for:

• BCF2000 – Behringer's motorized faders control surface, USB/MIDI^[2]
• TranzPort – Frontier Design Group's wireless transport control^[3]
• AlphaTrack – Frontier Design Group's AlphaTrack control surface^[4]
• FaderPort – Presonus' FaderPort control surface^[5]
• Baby HUI – Mackie's Baby HUI control surface^[6]
• MCU – Mackie's "Mackie Control Universal" control surface^[7]

Version history

• First public release – December 23, 2005^[8] as freeware^[9]
• 1.0 – released on August 23, 2006^[10] as shareware
• 2.0 – October 10, 2007
• 3.0 – May 22, 2009
• 4.0 – August 3, 2011
• 5.0 – August 12, 2015

See also

• Comparison of digital audio editors
• List of music software

References

1. "How to run Reaper in Wine on Linux". Wiki.cockos.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. "Behringer - BCF2000". Behringer.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
3. "Frontier Design Group". Frontierdesign.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
4. "Frontier Design Group". Frontierdesign.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
5. "PreSonus - FaderPort". Presonus.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
6. "Mackie - Baby HUI". Mackie.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
7. Marketing Dept. "Mackie - Mackie Control Universal Pro". Mackie.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
8. "REAPER - Old Versions". Reaper.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
9. "REAPER : Latest news". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
10. "REAPER - Old Versions". Reaper.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

External links

• REAPER home page
• Cockos home page
• Senior, Mike (August 2009). "Cockos Reaper 3". Sound On Sound
• Walker, Martin (January 2009). "Cockos Reaper 2.4". Sound On Sound
• Walker, Martin (June 2007). "Cockos Reaper DAW". Sound On Sound
• Polish UI of REAPER (spolszczenie programu REAPER)
• Reaper tutorial database
• DAW software for beginners